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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

I.-Any person who owns a property that has suffered damage since 1st September 1998 as a result of current or past mining activity while it was occupied as their main residence shall be compensated fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-14

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this section, in particular the procedures for establishing that the conditions for the intervention of the guarante…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Infringements of provisions relating to the location of cinemas

Article L434-1

Failure to carry out the measures taken by the State representative in the département as provided for in article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-12

The grounds for exclusion by operation of law provided for in both Subsection 1 of this Section and this Subsection apply to the award of defence or security concession contracts. A person who is in o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-14

The provisions of article L. 3123-6 are applicable to the award of defence or security concession contracts.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II : DELIVERY TO THE AUTHORITIES OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article L622-1

Subject to the provisions of article L. 622-2, the administrative authority may, by reasoned decision, attach to the surrender decision taken pursuant to article L. 621-1 against a foreign national ho…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: MEASURES APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L751-1

This chapter determines the measures applicable to foreign nationals who are the subject of a request to be taken into care or taken back into care, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the Euro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compulsory transmission of individual data to the health authority.

Article L3113-1

I.-Doctors and managers of public and private medical biology departments and laboratories report:1° Cases of diseases requiring urgent local, national or international intervention to the regional he…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article L733-17

The cancellation of a claim pursuant to articles L. 733-9 or L. 733-13 of this Code shall be deemed to constitute regularisation of the payment incident within the meaning of Article L. 131-73 of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L2571-1

This Part of the Code is applicable to the communes of the archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. For this application it shall read: 1° "Collectivité territoriale" instead of: "département"; 2° "Co…

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